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Indeed, thanks to the comments to my post here, it looks like sparse directories are the way to go. I believe the following should do it:

svn checkout --depth empty http://svnserver/trunk/proj svn update --set-depth infinity proj/foo svn update --set-depth infinity proj/bar svn update --set-depth infinity proj/baz 

Alternatively, --depth immediates instead of empty checks out files and directories in trunk/proj without their contents. That way you can see which directories exist in the repository.

As mentioned in @zigdon's answer, you can also do a non-recursive checkout. This is an older and less flexible way to achieve a similar effect:

svn checkout --non-recursive http://svnserver/trunk/proj svn update trunk/foo svn update trunk/bar svn update trunk/baz 

Indeed, thanks to the comments to my post here, it looks like sparse directories are the way to go. I believe the following should do it:

svn checkout --depth empty http://svnserver/trunk/proj svn update --set-depth infinity proj/foo svn update --set-depth infinity proj/bar svn update --set-depth infinity proj/baz 

Alternatively, --depth immediates instead of empty checks out files and directories in trunk/proj without their contents. That way you can see which directories exist in the repository.

As mentioned in @zigdon's answer, you can also do a non-recursive checkout. This is an older and less flexible way to achieve a similar effect:

svn checkout --non-recursive http://svnserver/trunk/proj svn update trunk/foo svn update trunk/bar svn update trunk/baz 

Yes, to elaborate on @zigdon's answer, you could do something like this:

svn checkout --non-recursive http://svnserver/trunk/proj svn update trunk/foo svn update trunk/bar svn update trunk/baz 

Indeed, thanks to the comments to my post here, it looks like sparse directories are the way to go. I believe the following should do it:

svn checkout --depth empty http://svnserver/trunk/proj svn update --set-depth infinity proj/foo svn update --set-depth infinity proj/bar svn update --set-depth infinity proj/baz 

Indeed, thanks to the comments to my post here, it looks like sparse directories are the way to go. I believe the following should do it:

svn checkout --depth empty http://svnserver/trunk/proj svn update --set-depth infinity proj/foo svn update --set-depth infinity proj/bar svn update --set-depth infinity proj/baz 

Alternatively, --depth immediates instead of empty checks out files and directories in trunk/proj without their contents. That way you can see which directories exist in the repository.

As mentioned in @zigdon's answer, you can also do a non-recursive checkout. This is an older and less flexible way to achieve a similar effect:

svn checkout --non-recursive http://svnserver/trunk/proj svn update trunk/foo svn update trunk/bar svn update trunk/baz 

Yes, to elaborate on @zigdon's answer, you could do something like this:

svn checkout --non-recursive http://svnserver/trunk/ proj svn update trunk/foo svn update trunk/bar svn update trunk/baz 

Indeed, thanks to the comments to my post here, it looks like sparse directories are the way to go. I believe the following should do it:

svn checkout --depth empty http://svnserver/trunk/ proj svn update --set-depth infinity proj/foo svn update --set-depth infinity proj/bar svn update --set-depth infinity proj/baz 

Yes, to elaborate on @zigdon's answer, you could do something like this:

svn checkout --non-recursive http://svnserver/trunk/proj svn update trunk/foo svn update trunk/bar svn update trunk/baz 

Indeed, thanks to the comments to my post here, it looks like sparse directories are the way to go. I believe the following should do it:

svn checkout --depth empty http://svnserver/trunk/proj svn update --set-depth infinity proj/foo svn update --set-depth infinity proj/bar svn update --set-depth infinity proj/baz